Re: Cholera Outbreaks - Global
More cholera deaths in Angola
24/11/2006 21:05 - (SA)
Luanda - A cholera epidemic in Angola, one of Africa's worst, has claimed 2 537 lives since February, but is gradually abating, said a health official on Friday.
"We are still registering at least four to five new cases every day in Luanda," the southern African nation's seaside capital, said provincial director of public health Vita Vemba.
"There have been no fatalities among the new cases that are coming up," said Vemba, adding that 61 143 people had been affected so far.
The number of new infections in Luanda had fallen during the past month after steps were taken to clean up shantytowns and provide the residents with drinking water, said Vemba.
The epidemic has spread across sprawling the country, whose infrastructure has been ravaged by a 27-year civil war and where drinking water and proper sanitation are luxuries. The deadly but easily treatable water-borne disease broke out in Luanda's northern slum of Boa Vista.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...035543,00.html
More cholera deaths in Angola
24/11/2006 21:05 - (SA)
Luanda - A cholera epidemic in Angola, one of Africa's worst, has claimed 2 537 lives since February, but is gradually abating, said a health official on Friday.
"We are still registering at least four to five new cases every day in Luanda," the southern African nation's seaside capital, said provincial director of public health Vita Vemba.
"There have been no fatalities among the new cases that are coming up," said Vemba, adding that 61 143 people had been affected so far.
The number of new infections in Luanda had fallen during the past month after steps were taken to clean up shantytowns and provide the residents with drinking water, said Vemba.
The epidemic has spread across sprawling the country, whose infrastructure has been ravaged by a 27-year civil war and where drinking water and proper sanitation are luxuries. The deadly but easily treatable water-borne disease broke out in Luanda's northern slum of Boa Vista.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...035543,00.html
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